Bon Jovi "Fan Album": Burning Bridges- Out 21 Aug

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About it being a "fan album"? I agree - All albums are supposed to be "fan albums". Who is supposed to buy it, non-fans?

Well....Yeah! Your're describing how the music business works exactly. Isn't the goal to make new fans and grow the fanbase?

I think that this “fan album”, is referring to the die-hards. Not the casual or people that buy only because one song.

I am not sure who the reviewer is (a fan or not), but perhaps that review shows the difference between what many causal want (the songs like Saturday Night Gave me Sunday Mornings) and many die-hards, especially here, want. I do not think that is the strongest song on Burning Bridges at all.

But if he (a fan or not) didn’t listened to all songs on this, how can he says that Saturday Night is the strongest in the album? It’s not a matter of personal taste, but a minimum of good sense. You don’t do a review of one thing that you don’t know properly.

I do like to find and post as many media reviews on new releases as possible yet most of time they turn out to be nothing more than wise crack jokes, poking fun at the band and certainly lacking in telling us anything that we don't already know. I did appreciate that this writer pointed out that A Teardrop To the Sea was a stronger track. Most of us agree with this already though.

Isn't a fan album meaning an album made of outtakes, demos and songs that were left over - (yes they are reworked to sound trend today and also to work the Richie abscence ) ... Fans will support everything that was produced by the artist they follow - they take those songs like a treasure, a treat, as the songs were not produced to make money (yet) I think it's not just about no promotion (and actually they are doing quite a promotion but done by the record company not by the artist himself)

Maybe start a review thread with just reviews in?

That can be done.